Giant Meteor Lights Up Canadian Sky

Scientists Searching for Meteor That Lit Up Canadian Sky
I'm jealous. First of all, because intense weather is interesting unless you're stuck talking about it to someone for an hour because you don't dare bring up politics or sex.
Second, because the article quoted a woman whose 10-year-old daughter ran into a room and said "...there was a flash of light, the house shook twice and it sounded like dinosaurs were walking."
The comparison to dinosaurs was so sweet. I wouldn't have thought of that. For one thing, we don't have any here, but I'm not surprised that the Canadians have them. They certainly have room. Second, in my little corner of paradise, if I hear a loud noise accompanied by vibration I immediately think one of two things: "bomb" or "cellphone".
While my brother in America was able to hold out until mid 2008 to get his first cellphone, to which he still hasn't given me the number, over here there are more cellphones than people. You can't take a bus ride without hearing five people discussing who will pick up junior from school today, four people's lunch plans, three having problems with their internet service provider, and two drooling to Pooky or Mushmush.
I'll be having a nice open-eyed nap in a boring meeting when someone's cellphone, which they have thoughtfully set on "vibrate", goes off, sending me halfway through the ceiling. When I set my own on vibrate, it scares the living daylights out of me every time it goes off. It used to be impolite to have your phone on in a meeting; now you can answer and the meeting will kind of hover in mid air till you finish your call.
While second-hand smoke is no longer the worry it was, as smokers have been exiled to teetering porches and fire escapes, sorry Tina, we are all frying each other's brains with our constant cellphone chatter.